| 单词 | lance |
| 释义 | lance n. & v. --n 1. a a long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, used by a horseman in charging. b a similar weapon used for spearing a fish, killing a harpooned whale, etc. 2. a metal pipe supplying oxygen to burn metal. 3. = LANCER. --vtr. 1. Surgery prick or cut open with a lancet. 2. pierce with a lance. 3. poet. fling; launch. Phrases and idioms break a lance (usu. foll. by for, with) argue. lance-bombardier a rank in the Royal Artillery corresponding to lance-corporal in the infantry. lance-corporal the lowest rank of NCO in the Army. lance-jack Brit. sl. a lance-corporal or lance-bombardier. lance-sergeant a corporal acting as sergeant. lance-snake = FER DE LANCE. Etymology: ME f. OF lancier f. L lancea: lance-corporal on analogy of obs. lancepesade lowest grade of NCO ult. f. It. lancia spezzata broken lance |
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